1. e-CODEX
e-Justice Communication via Online Data Exchange
Business Register Interoperability
New Developments in Corporate Registration
Rio de Janeiro, March 19th 2014

2. e-CODEX at a glance
Beginning: 01.12.2010
20 Countries
25 Partners
End (proposed): 28.02.2015
Max. 24 Mio EUR
Start of Piloting: July 2013
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“Improve the cross-border access of citizens
and businesses to legal means und judicial
information as well as to improve the
interoperability between legal authorities within
the participating countries”

4. What are we doing?
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5. Pilot Stakeholders State of play
Civil justice
European Payment Order (EPO) Legal practitioners,
companies,
European courts
Ca. 100 cases
DE & AT  ca. 40 %
Small Claims Legal practitioners,
companies,
European courts
Integration and testing
European e-Justice Portal
until the end of April
Synchronous communication
Business register interconnection
Legal practitioners,
companies,
European courts
Core team activities
Preparation of next steps
Go live 2nd semester
2014
e-CODEX piloting civil justice
We are online!
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6. Pilot Stakeholder State of play
Criminal justice
Secure cross-border
Exchange of Sensitive Data
Judges, public prosecutors ,
police (“investigation
offices”)
17th of March 2014
(BE, DE, NL)
Mutual Recognition of Financial Penalties Public administration End of 2014/beginning of
2015
European Arrest Warrant European courts
Prosecutor offices
End of 2014/beginning of
2015
e-CODEX piloting criminal justice
We are online!
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BR Piloting

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Approach
e-CODEX BR Piloting Approach:
e-CODEX BR core team established
Conduct Feasibility Analysis
Define Piloting Scope
Initial Prototyping
Commence Piloting

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e-CODEX BR
core team
Core team Objectives:
Ensure continuous communication between all
stakeholders
Identify and prioritise BR piloting use cases
Secure commitment from BR piloting countries
Achieve high-volume BR piloting

10. business register
interconnection
Two main aspects of the directive (2012/17/EU):
European e-Justice Portal
(“the portal”)
User interface
European central platform
(“the platform”)
e-Delivery system
(e.g. e-CODEX)
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11. business register
interconnection
Two aspects of the directive (EU/2012/17):
European e-Justice Portal
(“the portal”)
User interface
European central platform
(“the platform”)
e-Delivery system
(e.g. e-CODEX)
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12. To be regulated for the different
use cases
Involvement of third countries and languages
Security standards
Unique European identifier
ICT interoperability
Data protection issues
Technical transmission standards
Standard forms of notification
Methods of transmission, incl. choice of platform
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BR Stakeholders

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Approach
Feasibility analysis
“Under the hood” evaluation of what is possible
Analysis of existing concepts and initiatives
Some rapid prototyping
Facilitate definition of BR Piloting Scope
Followed up with additional prototyping
within BR piloting scope, ahead of full scale BR
piloting activities

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Anticipated Piloting
within e-CODEX

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Benefits
Ability to conduct feasibility prototypes to see what
can realistically be reused for BRIS
Active e-CODEX project environment is channel for BR
domain stakeholders to work together
Practical BR piloting for e-CODEX
Validates reusability of e-CODEX building blocks

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Collaboration
Work closely with European Commission
(BRIS core team)
Continuous formal/informal communication
Share common objectives
Share feasibility analysis
Jointly review e-CODEX prototypes and
piloting experience

18. Who will benefit?
easier contracting,
leaving and working in
other countries
less bureaucracy
seamless
communication with
public administrations
citizens
easier for companies to
do business on their
own in the countries
Electronic fulfillment of
legal requirements
lower costs of running
bussiness
new business
opportunities on the
market
bussiness
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19. Opportunities for Member
States and other Countries
Modernization of public administration
Increased efficiency and effectiveness of public
services
Enhanced satisfaction of public services users
Saving of time while performing administrative
tasks
Improved transparency of public administration
performance
Cost-effective solutions
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20. Opportunities for
IT-sector
Business opportunities in the public sector
Possibility to create new commercial products or add value
basing on existing e-SENS solutions without license fees
Stimulating demand for ICT based solutions in public
administration
Possibility to re-use solutions and include them to the
business offer without “re-inventing the wheel”
Possibility to influence and shape the technical building
blocks, provide feedback and make proposals
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21. Thank you!
Contact us:
info@lists.e-codex.eu
Visit the project:
www.e-codex.eu
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